Do you think police brutality is a huge problem or do you think they are isolated incidents?
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When one’s authority appears to be challenged the level of their assertiveness escalates. This is not limited to members of the police or the military. Raised in an excessively strict household, parents often lack emotional maturity and will become punitive when their progeny are disobedient.
An instinct to establish a hierarchy through aggressiveness is common among most species; think pecking order. This instinct is reinforced in members of groups that see themselves as separate from others and in some ways better. Unfortunately, a close-knit group often shields individuals from punishment for their abusive behavior. Psychological testing attempts to screen out individuals who are unable to restrain the impulse to act brutally, but a relatively small proportion of police prone to violence exists everywhere.
Somewhere in between.
It is a problem, for sure. But it isn’t everywhere and it isn’t all that prevalent. The bad episodes get the publicity, but I would guess that every day there are hundreds of thousands of positive police-public interactions that go exceedingly well.
Based on percentages, I would say they that these are isolated incidents, because (as I said above) the HIGE majority of police interactions are routine.
That said, some police in Chicago, Baltimore, Miami, and various other cities in the US give all policemen a bad name.
It is a systemic problem.
It is not just that such a big number of pigs become violent and despotic, it is also the fact that both other pigs, the pork departments and the so called justice system deliberately shield these pieces of scummy filth from their just punishment.
I think the abuse of the power placed in the hands of largely ill-trained and poorly paid police forces is a huge problem.
There doesn’t seem to be a consensus on whether the police are an occupying force, or community members assisting community members.
Brutality is rare because it’s obvious and over-the-top. If the other members of a police force are unwilling or unable to reign in blatant brutality, there needs to to be a complet system review and reform, IMO.
I think it used to be more prevalent than it is now, but still is an issue. I think that cops arresting people and giving them a shove into the wall, kicking the chair out from under a drunk, slamming the head of someone in cuffs when they’re being loaded into the cop car – all these are examples of things that occurred but without proof, the public was not likely to believe the criminal over the cop. Now, thanks to video, starting with Rodney King, it’s all coming to light. Way more occurs than is captured on video, of course, but hopefully the fact that cameras are everywhere may help cops to think twice.
Even if it qualifies as isolated incidents, it is a huge problem. All I need to do is imagine myself in the shoes of those who got shot like “dogs”.
Very much isolated incidents here, only criminally minded spunkwads hate on the police to a degree where they massively exaggerate for their own supposed good.
I think it is systemic in certain parts of the country and towards certain segments of society. There are certainly well-meaning police everywhere but there is a propensity to shoot first and question later in many instances. Talking only about the USA here.
In which country? I think it’s generally not bad at all in, say, Norway, a big problem in many parts of the USA, still a problem but not as bad in other parts of the USA, and really atrocious in many other countries, and insane-o-bad in North Korea.
I think it’s always a problem in each specific instance that happens, and that it’s another very serious problem when a specific instance is not properly addressed and corrected.
And, even where it is a serious problem in the USA, it’s doesn’t apply to most police encounters. That it applies to any is a serious problem that should be addressed wherever & whenever it is a problem. The attempts at denial and cover-up seem like much more of a problem than people who may exaggerate the problems.
Of course it’s also not just about police behavior. There are also serious related problems in the USA in terms of what people are doing – crimes, gang activity, violence, etc., and there are cultural and economic problems that are related to those, too – racism, drug laws, economics & poverty, education, etc. All those things and more are related. It’s not like we just have to retrain the police and our problems will be solved.
Police brutality is almost non existent here and they don’t usually carry guns.
In the United States, unquestionably.
Like @ARE_you_kidding_me said, i think it’s isolated but not trivial. It’s systemic of a larger problem that is slowly being fixed by things like police body cameras and such.
I had this discussion on another forum and I remember an answer which made a whole lot of sense to me. They said after 9/11 a lot of police were hired and the vetting process kind of went by the wayside. (I am sure the person said it better) Perhaps that is why we are hearing more about it now than we did?
Also, it is not just police brutalities and/or killings, but the accountability seems a worse problem if that is possible. So far no one has had to pay for Freddie Gray killing and I doubt anyone will. The last one to go through a trial is choosing a bench trial and so far that same judge has let two officers off free. The BLM has done nothing at all, so it is no little wonder the protestors got out of hand and started killing police officers. (Of which I don’t condone either.) We as a nation need to find answers quickly.
^^ “I think the abuse of the power placed in the hands of largely ill-trained and poorly paid police forces is a huge problem.”
Double-down on my answer.
The police are a standing army. Their job is not to be nice or to protect anybody, it is to enforce the will of the legislature. There is not much agreement on what “fascism” means, but everybody agrees on one point: opposition to the state is stamped out by military action. There is no other reason for sheriffs to be collecting tanks and other military equipment.
What is Fascism?
@SmartAZ I don’t agree with quite a lot of your posts to be honest. But I can certainly agree with most of that. Police brutality is a problem and so is racism.
Who knew such a large portion of America was a sexist, racist, narrow-minded, hate-filled cesspool until Donald Trump ran for President?
America’s bully culture can only get worse for the time being. I’ve never felt less secure.
Not a huge problem at all.
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